17/09/2011 - A number of odd jobs that really needed doing

Started the day with a shock realisation that I had not put in the bolts where the RV-7A attaches its landing gear.  I had left the holes open and rereading the plans showed me that bolts needed to be put in.  I had missed 12 in total !!!!

The ones in the middle of the fuselage and at the bottom of the bulkhead were a little tricky to put in at this stage !! however some judicious fabrication of heath Robinson tooling and I did managed to get the job done.  You can see them bang in the middle of the picture and at the bottom of the spar web.

Because I am building the tail dragger version then some gussets need to be drilled and bolted on in the forward cabin area    

I also had not tightened up the bolts for the fuel tank attach bracket

I decided that I would turn my attention to start thinking about how I would bring the static line forward, so in the seat area I created a p-clip with a 1/4" radius to take the line and riveted it in place to go under the cabin frame area.  The second shot shows that it will be well hidden underneath the frame.

I have seen some builders who fix the baggage floors with pop rivets put in some cable trunking just in case extra equipment is put in during later years or needed for servos etc.  I wont be needing it, but its better in now than struggle later.  Have not quite finished it yet but you get the idea.

Final job of the day was to rivet down the firewall gussets.